“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” opens on Broadway, National Theatre Live presents “The Magistrate” with John Lithgow, 92Y talks to “Relevant Octogenarians” Barbara Cook and Joel Grey, Beatlemania takes the L.A. stage in “Backbeat,” and the TIPA Project celebrates MLK Day this week.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Alvin Ailey’s opening night, the L.A. premiere of “Gatz,” Jimmy Pardo’s Pardcast-a-Thon, and National Theatre Live’s “Timon of Athens” are what we’re looking forward to this week.